Intact Family Program

Casa Central's Intact Family Services Program serves families and their children by helping to improve family functioning and increasing child well-being and safety. This home-based, family centered program works in collaboration with caregivers in order to facilitate that children remain safely at home, rather than placed in substitute care.

Intact Family Services Program

The Intact Family Services programming lasts approximately 5 to 6 months and strives to:

Improve family functioning

Increase the child's safety and well-being

Reduce the need for out-of-home placement

Keep families together

Empower families toward self-sufficiency

Expand the family's awareness of community-based resources

Strengthen family relationships and improve family communication

Child Welfare Specialists work with families to ensure the well-being of children and help families remove economic, social, and family-related barriers that may prevent them from being successful in daily living. In addition, Intact Family Services offer the "Nurturing Parent Program," an 8-week parent education class offered in English and Spanish. Parenting classes help caregivers gain knowledge regarding parenting practices that will improve their day to day interaction with their children. Child care and transportation assistance are provided in order to foster participants' attendance.

Referrals to the Intact Family Services Program are made directly by IDCFS. Services are voluntary, and participants have the right to be informed of the IDCFS consequence of compliance and non-compliance.